- May 17, 2014
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Just seems like a lot of stuff gets overlooked in the Finals over the last few years
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Amazing that Howe gets 5 weeks for a couple of minor incidents
Comes back and is on the receiving end of Caddys stomp and headlock - nothing to see here...
Gaff would have got a $2,000 fine. Maybe 1 week.
I really despise the narrative "you wouldn't want a player missing a final for that" or "you wouldn't want those sort of free kicks being paid in a grand final"
It really shouldn't make that much of a difference, but the inconsistency of the umpiring, tribunal proceedings and the league in general, has meant that those sort of terms are entering conversations come finals time and I know I'm not the only supporter that has lost a lot of faith in the league when these inconsistencies are so apparent
A bad hit is a bad hit - final or no final the grading should be the same
Barry Hall knocked Staker out with a lookaway hook and got to play in a GF.
Gaff lays a similar hit that does less overall damage, but because he doesnt belong to an AFL lovechild club he gets rubbed out for the whole season.
Its a farce.
I can't recall the stomp, so happy to see the vision and be proven otherwise, but a headlock? When have people gotten suspended for this?Amazing that Howe gets 5 weeks for a couple of minor incidents
Comes back and is on the receiving end of Caddys stomp and headlock - nothing to see here...
Barry Hall knocked Staker out with a lookaway hook and got to play in a GF.
Gaff lays a similar hit that does less overall damage, but because he doesnt belong to an AFL lovechild club he gets rubbed out for the whole season.
Its a farce.
You know Shiel came back on after Cotchin hit hit right and 10 minutes Dave Astbury leveled him and it was after that second hit Shiel was done for the day.
But a year later snide morons on the internet still whinge, because snide morons on the internet never know what they are talking about.
Kicked a point 30sec after Cotchin brutally assaulted him causing life threatening injuries. Amazing stuff really.Go watch the game Shiel comes back on after the Cotchin knock